Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-16
APICULTURE.
Bee Keepers Meet in Convention a,.d Dis
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Bee-Keepers Meet in Convention a,sd Dis
cuss Their Common Interests.
The bee-keepers recently held national
convention in Chicago. About seventy
five delegates, representing every section
of the country, were in attendance. DR..
G. G. Miller, of Marengo, ILL.,, who devotes
his time exclusively to bees, was in the
chair, and w. l.. Hutchinson, Of Flint,
Mich, acted as Secretary. Among the
delegates were Prof. A. J. Cook, who ec-
cupies the chair Of entomology in the
Medina, Ohio; E. J. Oatman, Dundee, ILL.,;
Prof. N. N. Mclean, Hinsdale, ILL.,; T. G.
Newman, Chicago; 7. S. Bull, of VAL
paradise, Ind, and others. J. A. Green, of
Dayton, ILL.,, read a paper upon the subject
of "Production OF Comb and Extracted
Honey in the Same Apiary."
DR.. c. C. Miller followed with paper
upon Legislation for Bee-keepers, in
which he took the ground that they should
be protected by some legislation in cases
where crops Of clover and other bee-food
were made serviceable by hee-keepers rival
to the interest Of those who maintained
such crops.
Mr.. Thomas G.. Newman delivered an
address on "The Objects and Methods Of
a Thorough Organization of the Bee
keepers of America" Mr.. Newman held
that the pursuit of modern and progressive
agriculture is yet in its infancy. It has
grown rapidly, and its Development has
been accompanied by science, art, and in
vention at every step; 80 that to- day, those
interested in Bookkeeping in North America
number fully 100000 persons, it's annual
product of honey amounting to 100000, 900
pounds, and its value being about 81 ,O00,-
900. MIR. Newman strongly urged that the
association should be made a thoroughly
representative one by embracing within it
q plan for the organization of county and
State societies. Some of the principal
wants Of bee-keepers were felt to oe q
systematic encouragement of bee and
honey shows at fairs; providing bee tents
for such bee exhibitions; inaugurating q
system of education of bee-keepers, and
by certificate or otherwise guaranteeing to
those who wish to hire assistants that they
possess practical knowledge of the bust
ness for which they are wanted. These
wants could all be provided for and salts
fed in better manner by well.organized
society than in any other way. In the
opinion of the author of the paper some
legislation protecting certain territory for
the benefit of bee-keepers especially was
necessary to the remunerative pursuits of
this culture. In London, England, there
is "honey company" which receives and
sells at the highest market prices the
honey belonging to it's members either by
sample or in bulk, and such company
may also be deemed desirable in America,
and some arrangements may be made, per-
haps, whereby the company could make
advances on consignments and thus help
producers in more ways than one. This
might also be made feature of the pro-
posed organization, if deemed desirable
by the members of this convention of
American apiarists. 1t was most desirable
that representation should be perfectly
carried out by auxiliary county and State
societies.